Police, Aug. 12

Items were stolen from four unlocked vehicles in the Meadows development in Sugarloaf Township overnight Thursday into Friday.

Township police said credit cards, a wallet and an iPad were taken. The vehicles were on Jeffrey Drive, Abbey Drive and Michelle Drive.

Police investigate broken window

Hazleton police are investigating an act of criminal mischief that left a window broken on a home in the 600 block of Cleveland Street.

Police said the incident was reported at 11:20 p.m. Friday.

Anyone with information is asked to call police.

Man cited for drunkenness

Roberto Pena Esquea, 41, of Hazleton, was cited for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after an incident in the area of East Broad and Wyoming streets at 12:36 a.m. Saturday, Hazleton police said.

Hazleton police said Donna M. Halechko, turned herself into the department Aug. 7. She was wanted on six counts of forgery, five counts theft, three counts each bad checks and receiving stolen property and one count identity theft, police said. Magisterial District Judge Joseph Zola arraigned her that day and set bail at $50,000 unsecured. The charges stem from two separate offenses last year at National Penn Bank, 12 E. Broad St., Hazleton and she awaits a preliminary hearing, police said.

Halechko awaits a formal arraignment in Carbon County Court in the initial case handled by Weatherly police. She was arraigned on those charges June 14.

Man arrested for drunkenness

West Hazleton police said they saw a man staggering and barely able to keep his balance on Winters Avenue on Sunday around 2:50 a.m. â

The man identified as Dion J. Hess, 44, Shenandoah, was unable to tell police where he was going and why and was placed under arrest for public drunkenness before being released to the care of his girlfriend.

Nescopeck woman faces animal cruelty charges

A Nescopeck woman faces cruelty to animal charges for allegedly failing to provide necessary and sufficient food to five horses, state police at Bloomsburg said.

Maria Ludwig Hayes, 37, of 142 Zenith Road, operates a boarding stable that houses horses she owns as well as horses owned by others who pay her to board the animals, police said.

In February, a veterinarian was called for one of the horses, which had to be euthanized, police said. A necropsy performed on the animal revealed the horse died from emaciation due to malnutrition, police said.

Four other horses on the property also showed signs of malnutrition, police said.

Man cited for breaking windows

A 20-year-old was cited after Hazleton police were called to the 500 block of Harrison Street Sunday morning for a male breaking windows.

Police said they responded to the area and found Ryan Tayoun, no hometown provided, was intoxicated and in possession of alcohol at about 9 a.m. He was cited for consumption, possession or transportation of alcohol.

Man to be cited for smashing front windshield

Ronald Mitchell, 39, East Stroudsburg, will be cited for criminal mischief after Hazleton police responded to the 900 block of North Church Street for a domestic dispute Sunday at about 1:20 a.m., police said. Mitchell, police said, smashed the front windshield of a parked vehicle when police arrived.

Man cited for excessive noise

Alexander Mena, 23, Hazleton, will be cited for a disorderly conduct Sunday at about 4 a.m. after city police went to South Laurel and Elm streets for a report of loud music, police said.

Police seek info on burglary

Hazleton police said they responded to 633 McKinley St., for a possible burglary and found an unlocked ground level, east facing window, was opened around noon Sunday. Police said no entry was made and if anyone has information or saw something suspicious, they are asked to contact police by calling 911.

Police seek men who punched window screen

State police at Hazleton said two men punched in a window screen at Leann Palmer's Hazleton Apartments unit in Hazle Township around 6:55 p.m.. Friday.

According to police, Palmer reported that the men walked up to the window and asked her about money that her ex-boyfriend owed to them. When she responded, they punched in the screen.

Police said the actors are a tall Hispanic male and a short black male, both of whom appeared to be teenagers.

Domestic dispute yields citation for harassment

West Hazleton police said they were dispatched to 309 N. Fifth St., for a domestic dispute Sunday around 1:50 p.m. and found Hillarina Santaur accusing Keilly Andrujar of grabbing her by the throat and pushing her into a wall. Andrujar was cited for harassment, police said.

Copper stolen

Copper was stolen from a home in the 500 block of West Fifth Street, owned byJoseph Rielly, 64, Hazleton sometime between July 4 and Aug. 9. Anyone with information is asked to contact police by calling 911.

Man allegedly violated protection from abuse order

Pedro Torres, 26, Hazleton, was arrested by city police Saturday, just before 8 p.m., for violating a protection from abuse order, police said. He was taken to Luzerne County Correctional Facility for arraignment.

Man to be cited for drunkenness

Edward Gorski was seen staggering on North Broad Street Saturday at about 9:30 p.m., West Hazleton police said, before attempting to sit on an orange construction cone, where he lost balance and almost fell to the ground. Police said Gorski was highly intoxicated and will be cited for public drunkenness.

DUI checkpoints slated for this week

The North Central Regional Sobriety Checkpoint DUI Taskforce announced that checkpoints and roving patrols will be conducted today through Aug. 19 on various state roadways in Schuylkill County.

Travelers are asked to call 911 if they suspect a drunk driver and 1-888-UNDER21 to report underage drinking.

Police probe into fraudulent charges

Hazleton police said a person in the 100 block of North Fulton Court told them someone obtained her banking information and made several fraudulent charges Aug. 10 at about 12:40 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to contact police by calling 911.

Charges, citations

Charges or citations were filed against the following for the offenses listed, according to court dockets. Charges on older offenses appear now because they have only recently been filed.

- Aneudy D. Encarnacion, 19, Hazleton, two counts DUI and six summary violations by state police at Hazleton after a June 15 offense in White Haven.

- Gregory Shafer, 18, Weatherly, retail theft by state police at Hazleton after a July 20 offense in Hazle Township.

- Kori S. Errichetto, 20, Weatherly, retail theft by state police at Hazleton after a July 20 offense in Hazle Township.

- Michelle A. Skokowski, 27, Hazleton, retail theft by state police at Hazleton after a July 7 offense in Hazle Township.

- Colleen G. Behrman, 39, Hazleton, two counts driving under the influence and one summary violation by West Hazleton police after an April 20 offense.

- Steven E. Custard, 42, Hazle Township, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief by state police at Hazleton after a July 20 offense in Hazle Township.

- Venus L. Russo, 32, Hazleton, harassment by state police at Hazleton after a July 13 offense in Hazle Township.

- Vladimir Perez-Tejeda, 20, disorderly conduct by state police at Hazleton after a July 24 offense in Hazle Township.

- Christopher V. Ferguson, 22, Palmerton, public drunkenness by Freeland police after a July 28 offense.

- Timothy Yeakel, 48, Beaver Meadows, harassment by state police at Hazleton after a July 20 offense in Hazle Township.

- Justin M. Novitsky, 21, Milnesville, harassment by state police at Hazleton after a July 29 offense in Hazle Township.

- Zachary T. Markle, 18, Hazleton, underage drinking by state police at Hazleton after a July 25 offense in Beaver Meadows.

- Brittany M. Wuchter, 20, Hazleton, syringes used to inject a controlled substance, by city police after a July 21 offense.

- Anthony M. Owens, 30, Hazleton, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct by city police after a July 27 offense.

- Luis R. Lopez Colon, 23, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and harassment by state police at Hazleton after a July 13 offense in Hazle Township.

- Joselle Gontz, 23, Hazle Township, harassment by state police at Hazleton after a July 4 offense in Hazle Township.

- Samantha Trader, 18, Hazleton, harassment by city police after a July 27 offense.

- Felix Diaz, 33, Hazleton, two counts DUI and four summary violations by state police at Hazleton after a June 24 offense in Hazle Township.

- Thomas M. Belusko, 25, Hazleton, two counts DUI controlled substance and four summary violations by state police at Hazleton after a June 24 offense in Hazle Township.

- Jeremy J. Chesla, 33, Hazleton, harassment by city police after a July 27 offense.

- Jennifer Rondon, 30, Hazleton, harassment by city police after a July 29 offense.

- Joseph A. Diaz, 37, Hazleton, harassment by city police after a July 29 offense.

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